Chapter 107 Dingtan

Shui Qing had already begun to think about how many fat rabbits he would buy and keep.

But before that, let’s catch a fat rabbit for dinner.

Today was originally a housewarming ceremony, and a lot of meat was prepared. However, the village master was completely different from Bai Ziqian's family, so it was really hard to entertain them with the same food as the villagers.

There are eleven people in total. Except for the youngest Fan Hu, who doesn’t eat much, the other children eat no less than adults.

Therefore, the variety of dishes in the evening cannot be too small.

She ordered Ling Ran who had just entered the courtyard: "Ling Ran, go catch a male rabbit and an old hen and clean them up. Let's have dinner."

Ling Ran usually does the work of killing chickens and ducks. He has been working outside for more than half a year and is particularly skilled in doing these tasks.

Ling Ran said hello, turned around, and headed out of the courtyard to catch rabbits and old hens.

"Yan Qiu, check to see if the fermented rice is ready. Bring it up in a bowl and make wolfberry fermented rice balls for dinner tonight."

She just saw that Li Huyu's ingredients for stewed fish maw included not only longan, red dates, and Codonopsis pilosula, but also wolfberry.

Just in time, there will be a reason to take it out later.

"Xinghui, go to the vegetable field and cut some leeks, dig some potatoes, and see if there are any other fresh vegetables. Bring a few back."

Yan Qiuxing in the wine shop responded obediently and quickly followed A Niang's request.

When Li Huyu heard that dinner was going to be made, Li Huyu's face was full of excitement.

Shui Qing saw through it at a glance and asked, "Together?"

Li Huyu restrained his eagerness and waved his hand to refuse: "Forget it, there is no need to waste food."

When she cooks, she focuses on cleanliness and hygiene...it tastes bad.

This place is not like at home. She ruined the food at home, and the cook made up for it, so the whole family would not go hungry. If the food was ruined here, what would they eat at night?

But she really wanted to cook, so she discussed it: "How about I help you?"

Shui Qing naturally had no objection: "Okay."

Li Huyu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he wanted to roll up his sleeves and go for a fight.

Qian'er said at home that everything Shuiqing cooks is delicious, and she should learn a few of it so that she can show off her skills when she goes back!

At that moment, the two of them entered the kitchen happily.

Here Fan Jin and Bai Manshan did not enter the house, but walked along the road towards Shanshui Village while chatting about family and country affairs.

Not far away, Aunt Zhang's family was building a new house.

The topic of the two people quickly changed from the impact of the reduction of vassalage to this year's unusually cold winter.

"Brother Fan! Are you friends?" Zhang Jinniu was wearing a tattered winter coat and was digging the foundation in full swing. When he saw the two of them, he greeted them warmly.

Yinniu and Tieniu were making adobe with the soil dug up by Taurus. When they heard the sound, they put down their work and shouted respectfully to Fan Jin: "Brother Fan, do you need our help with anything?"

The open space above Second Brother Fan is so big that it is difficult to get down easily. Are you coming here with your friends this time? Do you want to trouble them?

"If something happens, don't be polite to us!"

Fan Jin was just walking around casually with Bai Manshan and ended up here unknowingly.

Now that I heard their words, I suddenly remembered that I really had something to say to them.

He immediately asked: "Golden Ox, Silver Ox, will you still burn charcoal and sell it this year?"

"Burning, but my mother said that we will have spring plowing next spring, and we are afraid that we will not have enough time to build a house with adobe, so we build the house first and wait until the twelfth lunar month to start burning charcoal;

Anyway, it’s almost the Chinese New Year at that time, so it should be easy to sell it in Niutou Town. If you can sell it quickly, you can save a lot of time. "Taurus wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied with a grin.

In just two or three months, following Brother Fan, their family earned more rice than the fields harvested!

Part of it was replaced with black noodles, and now I can fill my stomach every time.

If, as the old village chief said, there will be a flood next year, then the new house they built will come in handy - to store the remaining rice!

Thinking of the new house and rice, the Taurus couple felt even more grateful to Fan Jinshuiqing.

They were originally going to sell rice and buy tiles, but because Sister-in-law Shui Qing made an exception and asked all three of their brothers to help, they earned a total of one or two taels of silver.

With the nearly two taels of silver they had saved, Aniang said they could not only build three large adobe houses, but also use tile roofs for the sloping kitchen.

Fan Jin raised a smile on his lips and said to several people: "Your sister-in-law said that it is cold this year and we need charcoal to make wine. We have to buy it outside and have to transport it back. It is not convenient for you to pick it out and sell it, so we thought Let’s buy it from you.”

When Jinniu heard this, he became anxious and said, "Trees don't cost anything, they just burn an extra kiln when burning. Brother Fan, you have helped us so much, why do we need you to buy them!"

"Yes, yes, you don't have to go out to pick them out. We are close. It's just a waste of time, and there is no need to spend money. Second brother, go back and tell your sister-in-law that we will deliver them to your house after they are burned!" Yin Niu shook his head and followed. Like a rattle.

With a little charcoal and money, what kind of people have they become!

Fan Jin knew that they were benevolent and righteous, but making charcoal was really hard work, how could it be as easy as they said?

Besides, he bought from them for mutual benefit, not to take advantage. He explained softly: "We need a lot. If you start burning, no matter how many kilns there are, we will take them;

The prices are the same as those outside. If you think we buy too much, it’s okay to give us a discount or give more away, but it’s absolutely not possible to pay for nothing. "

Jinniu and his companions only felt that Fan Jinhe was speaking in a friendly manner, but the firmness in his words was beyond dispute.

After a while, Jinniu, as the eldest brother, made up his mind and said, "Okay, we don't have to go to Niutou Town to sell, which saves a lot of trips. The price will definitely be cheaper than that in Niutou Town!"

But my mother will definitely scold me when I go back.

Yinniu asked hesitantly, "Second brother, we can burn a batch of charcoal in three to five days, and we can burn two or three kilns at a time. Isn't it too much?"

If it is not used up, it will be old charcoal next winter. Anyway, they burn it every winter. It would be better to buy new charcoal next winter.

Fan Jin did not hide it and told him directly: "It is not only needed for this year's winemaking and heat preservation, but also for the rainy season next summer;

It would be best if it is not used. If the rainy season is really long, the trees and weeds will be wet, and there will be no firewood for cooking. If you have free time, you should prepare more."

Yan Qiuxing is now back in Dajiang to make wine, and he has no time to chop wood and cut grass to start a fire;

Shuiqing and Dahu have things to do;

He and Dahe have to deliver rice wine to the city every day. Only after returning at noon, they use the afternoon time to go up the mountain with Ling Ran who has finished feeding the livestock to collect firewood.

Now a warehouse has been prepared, but it is far from enough!

Charcoal is durable and does not take up space, so it is most suitable for storage.

Jinniu and others opened their mouths and nodded after a while.